This year marks the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast in August of 2005. Over the past two decades, UM News has visited with those affected by the storm and reported on rebuilding and relief efforts. This year, a team from UM News returned to some of the hard-hit areas to talk with church leaders and members who recall the devastation and the power of the United Methodist connection. Through photos, videos, interviews and podcasts, see how the people of The United Methodist Church have brought and sustained hope out of an unthinkable tragedy. We will highlight the resilience of individuals and congregations, the work of the United Methodist Committee on Relief and countless volunteers, and all those who chose to dig in and bring light and healing. Join us as we find Hope Beyond the Storm.
It took a decade to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina. An Ohio church came back more than 100 times to help over the years.
Reopening for outdoor services a month after Hurricane Katrina likely kept St. Luke’s United Methodist Church in New Orleans from having to close altogether.
Mississippi pastor recalls how Hurricane Katrina touched the hearts of both survivors and volunteers.
20 years after the hurricane devastated Slidell, Louisiana, and their church, members of Hartzell Mt. Zion United Methodist count their blessings.
Members of a historic church in Bay St. Louis recall the storm that destroyed their homes but spared their church.
Gulfside Assembly was wiped out by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, but the spirit of this special place can still be felt today.
When it became necessary to leave their New Orleans home following Katrina, a United Methodist couple found a way out by driving their van down railroad tracks to Baton Rouge.
Seven young men gathered at Hartzell Mt. Zion United Methodist Church to talk about what it was like to live through the hurricane and the devastation left behind.
In the years since Katrina hit New Orleans and the Gulf Coast, hundreds of thousands of United Methodists have put money, hearts and hands into the work of recovery.
Photographer Mike DuBose takes a visual trip back in time to 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and compares the devastation then to the recovery that is still in progress.
Katrina-inspired ministry is "a blessing to the whole community."
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